Sylvia Plath

Born: 1932-10-27

Sylvia Plath was an American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. She is credited with advancing the genre of confessional poetry and is best known for two of her published collections, The Colossus and Other Poems and Ariel, as well as The Bell Jar, a semi-autobiographical novel published shortly before her death. In 1982, she won a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for The Collected Poems.


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Sylvia Plath: Inside The Bell Jar

as Self - Writer (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 2018-08-11

The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by...

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Great Poets: In Their Own Words

as uncredited
Released: 2014-08-10

A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some...

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Lady Lazarus

as Narrator (voice) (archive footage)
Released: 1992-01-21

A cinematographic response to Sylvia Plath’s Lady Lazarus with Plath’s own readings of her...

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Ted Hughes: Stronger Than Death

as uncredited
Released: 2015-10-10

Documentary exploring Ted Hughes, one of the greatest poets of the 20th century, focusing on how...

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Epilogue

as voice (archive footage)
Released:

The end of Autobiography.

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Sylvia Plath: Voices and Visions

as Herself (Archive)
Released: 1988-04-21

In this documentary you will follow in considerable (and sometimes excruciatingly painful)...

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